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Columbine Middle School TechnologyColumbine Middle School in Montrose, CO serves approximately 500 students in grades 6-8. Columbine Middle School is dedicated to providing an education that ensures that each student is prepared to thrive in our 21st century world. Every student at Columbine receives their own iPad at the beginning of the school year. For their efforts, Columbine has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School since 2016.
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Technology News
Online Schooling Info
Please be sure to look at the parent and student resource links for helpful videos and learning resources that can be used during this time of partial remote learning due to COVID-19. Links to the MCSD district created websites for remote learning are below. The Sora login information is included below for kids who want to checkout ebooks. A user guide for Zoom conferencing is below as well.
Click here to go to the MCSD Learn from Home main website for the full-time remote learning students.
Click here to see a master list of all the Zoom codes and teachers for the full-time remote learning students.
Click here to see a master list of all the Zoom codes and teachers for the full-time remote learning students.
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The CMS iHelpU Center Blog is Now Active
Please click on the link below to access the new CMS iHelpU Center tech blog. The CMS iHelpU Center is a student-run technology help desk. In addition to helping with general iPad repair and usage, the students at the iHelpU Center contribute one blog entry a week regarding technology. The students also are responsible for creating tutorial videos and/or videos that highlight exciting things going on at CMS. Some of those videos may be posted to this website as well. The blog can be found by going to... cmsihelpucenter.blogspot.com
iPad Checkout Info
Your child will receive an iPad, case and charger to take home and keep for much of the school year. In order to receive this iPad, there are a number of items that must be taken care of beforehand. There is a $30 iPad fee that must be paid. Secondly, you and your child must sign and return the General iPad Home Use Agreement. And finally, the Technology and Internet Acceptable Student Use Agreement must be signed and returned. This form also enables your student to have a CMS G Suite for Education account. Please see Mr. Perfors or the front office to get copies of these forms. You can also download these forms using the links below. Instructions for setting up the iPad are also included below.
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| technology_and_internet_acceptable_student_use_agreement.pdf |
iPad Return Info
All students must turn in their iPads for the summer on May 21st. Students are expected to turn in an iPad, case and charger. Failure to do so will result in a charge being levied against the student account for whatever items are missing. Eighth grade students will not be receiving their iPads back. Sixth and seventh grade students will receive their iPads back at the beginning of the next school year. Eighth graders should save anything they wish to keep off of their iPads prior to May 21st. Sixth and seventh graders should as well since there is no guarantee that your iPads will not be erased over the summer. Files may be saved to Google Drive prior to deleting them off the iPad so you can access them in the future.